There's a guy named Mr. Grundy who is an absolute aural genius who was shocked, as I'm sure we all were, that James Joseph Brown passed away. In great form. he presents us with:
Old School Wednesday: Rest In Peace, James Brown.
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01 Apollo Live 1968 - Introduction
02 The JBs - Doin' It To Death
03 James Brown - Night Train
04 James Brown - The Boss
05 James Brown - The Payback
06 James Brown - Say It Loud I'm Black And I'm Proud
07 James Brown - Baby, You're Right
08 James Brown - Please Please
09 James Brown - Soul Power (Pts 1&2)
10 Lyn Collins - Mama Feelgood
11 James Brown - Sex Machine
12 James Brown - There Was A Time
13 James Brown - Try Me
14 James Brown - Like It Is, Like It Was
15 James Brown - Get Up Offa That Thing
16 James Brown - Make It Funky (Pt 1)
17 The JBs - Pass The Peas
18 James Brown - Super Bad
19 James Brown - Cold Sweat
20 James Brown - Living In America
21 James Brown - I Feel Good
To attempt to talk about each one of these cuts would take all week. All I can say is this just puts a dent in what James Brown represents.
Take it light.
In true Christmas spirit, Prime has decided to employ the hip hop wayback machine,
Old School Wednesday: The Wayback Machine
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Podcast coming very soon, watch for it.
Twin Hype - "Do It To the Crowd" (house meets Hip Hop) Watch the Video
Lords of the Underground - "Chief Rocka" Watch The Video
Nas - "It Ain't Hard To Tell" Watch The Video
Main Source - "Looking at the front door" Watch The Video
Kid N Play - "Rollin With Kid n Play" Watch The Video
Stezo - "Freak The Funk" Watch The Video
J.J. Fad - "Supersonic" Watch The Video
EPMD - "Gold Digger" Watch The Video
Full Force - "Ain't My Type of Hype" Watch The Video
Steady B - "Serious" Watch The Video
Three Times Dope - "Funky Dividens" Watch The Video
MC Shy D = "Come On Shake It" Watch The Video
Whodini - "One Love" Watch The Video
Le Trim - "Cars That Go Boom" Watch The Video
Treacherous Three - "Santa's Rap" Watch The Video
There's no way I'm going to type about all this because it would take waaaay too long. I'm still cranking this from start to finish- and yeah, I'm trying to get the podcast up as soon as possible, to give the gift that keeps on givin'. Take it light.
And now that my voice is up to par, and my life is in a constant state of abnormality, I am happy to say that I'm back. Thanks to all y'all who came across my way. I really didn't expect it, and I got love going right back to you.
Old School Wednesday: Out Of Thin Air, Volume IV.
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01 - Quincy Jones - Ai No Corrida
02 - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up)
03 - Patrice Rushen - Never Gonna Give You Up
04 - Shalamar - I Can Make You Feel Good
05 - Ca$hflow - Mine All Mine
06 - Prince and the Revolution - She's Always in My Hair
07 - Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information
08 - Al Jarreau - Says
09 - Real Thing - Rainin' Through My Sunshine
10 - Boz Scaggs - Jo-Jo
11 - Melba Moore - Falling
12 - Sade - Kiss of Life
13 - Phyllis Hyman - Be Careful (How You Treat My Love)
14 - Anita Baker - Will You Be Mine
15 - Perri - The Caves Of Altimira
I'll have more about this mix as time permits, but just off the top of my head, At Midnight is my absolute favorite uptemp cut by Rufus, Will You Be Mine is one of my favorite cuts by Anita, and Phyllis Hyman, Al Jarreau, and Perri have the three lesser-known tracks of the mix that always make me feel warm inside everytime I hear them.
Take it light.
There's going to be a little delay on the Old School Wednesday. EJ's got that old school sickness right about now, thanks to some very cold weather. Good thing it's not a podcast, because I sound like a drunk whisperer! Bear with me.
